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Liquid Death and Jason Kelce’s Garage Beer Mockingly Call on Americans to Save Urine to Cool AI Data Centers

Liquid Death and Garage Beer have launched a campaign mocking AI data centers by asking Americans to donate their urine as a water-saving fix for the resource hogs popping up around the country.

AdWeek reports that Liquid Death and Garage Beer have teamed up on a campaign called “We Want Your Pee,” which pitches human urine as an alternative to the millions of gallons of water that AI data centers typically use for cooling.

The campaign launched with a “P[EE].S.A.-style” ad starring Garage Beer co-owner and former NFL player Jason Kelce. The spot opens with Kelce at his toilet, where he reveals he is collecting his urine in a bottle. “AI data centers waste millions of gallons of water,” Kelce says to the camera. He then walks into a wooded meadow and begins singing, “We want your pee, please give us your pee,” joined by Murder Man, Liquid Death’s mascot, who is also holding a jar of urine.

A crowd gathers, each person carrying a container of their own, singing, “Let’s pee on computers, together, to save humanity.” The group eventually arrives at a post office to mail their contributions to the nearest data center.

The ad will run on Liquid Death’s and Garage Beer’s social media channels as well as connected TV. (Read more from “Liquid Death and Jason Kelce’s Garage Beer Mockingly Call on Americans to Save Urine to Cool AI Data Centers” HERE)

REPORT: Blackstone-Owned Data Center Drained 30 Million Gallons Of Water From Atlanta Suburb

A data center campus in north-central Georgia consumed more than 29 million gallons of water without the local utility company initially realizing it, triggering low-pressure water flow to its host community, Politico reported Saturday.

The 615-acre Fayetteville-based data center campus, codenamed “Project Excalibur,” was found to have one water connection installed without the knowledge of the Fayette County water system, and another that was not linked to its developer’s account and therefore was not being billed, according to the outlet.

The amount of water that the campus consumed could fill 44 Olympic-size swimming pools and far exceeds the maximum amount agreed to during the data center planning process, the outlet reported. The situation occurred against the backdrop of Georgia’s ongoing moderate-to-exceptional drought.

The county reportedly discovered the issue after investigating its finding that residents of Annelise Park, a wealthy neighborhood in suburban Atlanta near the data center campus, were experiencing unusually low water pressure. The county’s initial response was to admonish residents to conserve water, according to the outlet.

The data center campus’s developer is Quality Technology Services (QTS), owned by the New York City-based alternative asset manager and private equity firm Blackstone. (Read more from “REPORT: Blackstone-Owned Data Center Drained 30 Million Gallons Of Water From Atlanta Suburb” HERE)